Diego Castro is the greatest player to play in A-League according to Perth Glory's players, and they're banking on their Spanish superstar to deliver another trademark performance in Sunday's grand final.

UpdatedUpdated 16/05/2019

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The A-League has been blessed by the presence of some mega stars in world soccer.

Alessandro Del Piero and Dwight Yorke were arguably the two biggest names to grace the competition, while fellow imports Thomas Broich, Milos Ninkovic and Besart Berisha have also left a lasting impression.

But in terms of prolonged brilliance, it's hard to go past Castro as the greatest of all time.

There are still some people who disagree.

But if Castro can produce a match-winning display against Sydney in Sunday's grand final, his case to be the A-League's GOAT will become almost undeniable.

Former Glory coach Kenny Lowe clearly recalls the moment he first saw highlights of Castro.

It was back in 2015 when the club was searching for a star import to sign.

"I saw a video of him playing against Real Madrid and Barcelona and I started laughing," Lowe said.

"I went, 'He's not coming to us'. Is he crazy?"

Not only did Castro come in 2015, but he hasn't left, and recently signed a two-year contract extension.

At 36 years of age, Castro should be winding down.

Instead, the man dubbed 'El Maestro' has produced arguably his best season.

If it wasn't for the seven games he missed through injury, Castro would have been a shoo-in to win a second Johnny Warren medal.

The Spaniard finished just three votes behind Wellington's Roy Krishna, despite playing six fewer games.